Rustic Della Rhobia
The classic della rhobia design gets a casual twist for the extended holidays.
TOOLS AND MATERIALS
Design Master Sprays - 24KT PURE GOLD - Deep Reed Basket - 4 Artificial Spruce Sprays - 2 Silk Holly Sprays - Artifical Fruit Assortment of Yellow Pears, Oranges, Grape Clusters - Assorted Sizes Glass Ball Ornaments in Purple, Red, Burgundy, Bronze - Pine Cones - Stryrofoam - Wire Clippers - Wired Wood Picks - Hot Glue, Glue Gun - Latex Gloves - Paper Towel
TECHNIQUE
- Protect surrounding work area from overspray with newspaper. Heavily spray an area of the basket with 24KT Pure Gold.
- With glove protected hands and paper towel, IMMEDIATELY wipe the gold spray from random raised reeds of the basket. This will reveal the natural underlying color of the basket to create a metallic washed look.
- Move to another area of the basket and repeat the process until the whole basket is treated. Let dry.
- Insert Styrofoam into basket and secure.
- Clip spruce sprays into smaller sections and insert into foam, designing the perimeters of your design all the way around. Attach a wired wooden pick to smaller spruce pieces to create stem length and insert where needed. Leave some smaller pieces for later to fill in holes.
- Insert wooden pick into fruits and arrange in foam. Arrange the fruit, some pine cones and larger ornaments in a mounded fashion. To fasten ornaments in design, attach wood pick into their opening and secure with hot glue. Let dry and insert.
- Gild holly leaves by closely spraying each leaf with 24KT Pure Gold then immediately, lightly wipe with paper towel while spray is still wet. This creates a streak of gold over the foliage. Trim holly sprays into desired sizes and insert into arrangement. Add wood picks to stems for additional length when needed or, attach smaller pieces with hot glue.
- Insert small red ornaments and more pine cones into design.
- Fill in any small spaces with small greenery pieces.
